University of Maryland Law hosts movie screening and discussion of death penalty cases
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Fired up by the idea of advocating for others, Maryland Carey Law student Maya Foster ’22 has wanted to be a lawyer as long as she can remember. Reading Bryan Stevenson’s best-selling novel Just Mercy. Before Foster knew it, Associate Dean Russell McClain had arranged the free event…
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3NEWS LAS VEGAS — UNLV’s law school hosted oral arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases appearing before the Nevada Court of Appeals. Chief Judge Micahel Gibbons and judges Bonnie Bulla and Jerome Tao heard arguments inside the Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom, with students and faculty invited to attend.
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NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — If you want to go into immigration law, getting hands-on experience is a must. But because of the nature of the work, it can be hard to find meaningful—and safe—opportunities, especially if you want to go abroad. Here, immigration and human rights law expert Professor Dina Haynes shares important advice…
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NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — Your professors can be your biggest and best mentors, resources, and champions in law school and even after you graduate. The opportunities to learn from them extend far beyond the classroom too. You might work side-by-side on a research project, join them for a press conference, or just turn to them…
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AROUND THE O — Black History Month will provide the UO opportunities to celebrate and honor the strength, contributions and struggles of the black community on campus and beyond, as well as to assess where community is and where it needs to go. The month starts off with a Black History Month mixer at the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black…
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UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC — McGeorge School of Law Professor Courtney Lee found an outlet for her passion and love for animals at McGeorge, and now her dedication to their welfare has earned her recognition from the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR), whose mission for the past 50 years has been to advance animal rights through education, legislation…
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UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC — University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law students will gain valuable experience by providing legal services to formerly incarcerated people who are experiencing homelessness in the Sacramento area, thanks to a multi-year, $420,000 grant from the nonprofit CARESTAR Foundation. McGeorge law students and attorneys will help clients by providing legal services that include…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — In fall 2019, Penn State Dickinson Law Assistant Professor of Law Matthew B. Lawrence introduced first-year Dickinson Law students to the legislative process through the Legal Argument and Factual Persuasion course. While continuing to teach administrative law at Dickinson Law this semester, Lawrence will also be working part time with the U.S. Congress as…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — This past fall, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School hosted the UN’s former Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, author of the UN’s 2015 Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, to co- teach a course on the Women, Peace, and…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Maggie Blackhawk, one of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s most recent faculty additions, has been awarded the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation prize for “Petitioning and the Making of an Administrative State,” published in the Yale Law Journal in 2018. Each year, the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation offers a $5,000 prize for the “best article…
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